WATCH COMMON’S LOVESTAR DOCUMENTARY [VIDEO]

Common connects with Essence Magazine to create this documentary about the love for Black women that stems off the lead single “Lovestar” from his 11th studio album.

“When I wrote the song, I was thinking about when you really love a person,” Common said to Essence.”I thought about when I love a woman and I can enjoy her, but at the same time she can enjoy me and we can have fun and laugh. But then there’s also a real bond that’s there that has spirituality, growth, support and integrity connected in it. We’re willing to make mistakes, but we’re there for each other; that’s true love.

“So the theme, Love Star, came up just because I thought it was a cool nickname to call somebody that you’re close to. I wanted to show that we revere and hold you high, Black woman. We love you and care for you and honor you.”

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WATCH DE LA SOUL IS NOT DEAD: THE DOCUMENTARY [VIDEO]

De La Soul Is Not Dead takes it all the way back to Amityville, Long Island—a suburban hip hop mecca where three highly creative individuals and high school classmates linked up with DJ Prince Paul and shopped a demo tape to Tommy Boy Records. The label that brought the world “Planet Rock” would soon have another smash hit on their hands with “Me Myself and I” and De La Soul, the so-called “Hippies of Hip Hop.” But little did they know what the future would hold.

Many of De La Soul’s early classics are difficult to find on digital music platforms due to complex sample clearance issues. As a result,
their impact on the development of hip hop is felt from the group’s Native Tongues affiliates through Kanye West, Pharrell, and Kendrick Lamar.

It’s been twenty-five years since “De La Soul Is Dead,” the group’s iconoclastic sophomore album, and twenty years since “Stakes Is High,” their first project without Prince Paul at the helm. These two pivotal releases positioned the group on the career trajectory that leads them
to this extraordinary moment. Last week De La Soul’s latest release, “And The Anonymous Nobody,” topped Billboard’s Rap Albums Chart. Funded by a half-million-dollar Kickstarter bonanza, the group’s first new album in over a decade features diverse guest spots from Snoop Dogg to David Byrne. What better time to look back at the legendary trio’s rise through the rap game?

Don’t sleep on these Long Island cats. They’re definitely onto something.

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RAS KASS – KANYE MOMENT [VIDEO]

We all have those moments where we spazz out, go on a tirade, and speak our #facts. Ras uses a trap beat to vent about the current issues in Rap while parodying some (in)famous Kanye West incidents. Produced by C-Dash, hook by Atlanta’s Chiccen.